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March 31, 1931. J. E. BURGESS CALENDAR Filed March 16, 1929 INVENTORATTORNEY Patented Mar. 31, 1931 nrrnn STATES FATE Free JOSEPH E.BURGESS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN LITHOGRAPH'IC'COMPANY, INC., OF NEXV YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK CALENDARApplication. filed March 16, 1929.

This invention relates to calendars and other display devices intendedto be hung upon a wall and formed from a. number of connected leaveswhich are to be serially dis 5 played. The object of the invention is tofurnish such a calendar or display device with latching means forholding the sheets conipactly folded for mailing and othertransportation, and for holding the sheets in display 1 when hung upon awall, part of the latching means serving not only as a latch but also asa means for suspension.

In the accompanying drawings one practicable embodiment of my inventionis illus- 15 trated, wherein Figure 1 shows in perspective a calendarmade in accordance with my invention wherein the sheets are showncompactly folded and secured together by means of the latch.

Fig. 2 represents the device opened up, the latch serving to hold someof the sheets in display and others in reserve for future use, the latchwhen in this position serving as a suspension means for engaging a hookon 25 the wall for hanging the calendar up.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged section taken at a plane at about the line 3-3 inFig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged section taken on a plane at about the line 4-4 of2, and

Fig. 5 is a detail showing the latch or suspension device from the rearof the Fig. 2 position.

According to the present illustration my invention is shown made up of anumber of sheets 7 held together by some suitable means,

as for instance staples 8, and creased for folding upon the line ofstapling as at 9. When thus laid out, each sheet will of course havefour display surfaces, two of which, 10 ans 11, are illustrated in Fig.2.

One of the sheets designated 7 in Fig. 2, which may be assumed to be theoutermost sheet and in some instances formed of a diiferent quality orthickness of paper than the other sheets, might be called the backing orcover sheet, because when the device is hung upon the wall it will be onthe back, and when the device is folded together as in the Figure 1position it will be the cover. One face of this sheet, as for instance12, can

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readily be used for carrying advertising or the address of the person towhom it will be sent if it is forwarded by mail or by messenger.

The free edges of all the sheets, with the eX- eeption of portion 13 andthe cover sheet, are formed with longitudinal slots 14 inwardly of thefree edge, such slots leaving a thin strip of material 15. These slots14 are formed to receive alatch 16 in the form of a flap cut from theportion 13 of the sheet 7. By reference to Fig. 5, it will be seen thatthe side cutting as at 17 runs inwardly of the sheet past its free edge,this cutting being of sufiicient extent to permit the flap when foldedat about the position of the dotted line 18 to pass through the slots14, and, owing to the flexibility of the paper, to fold over against theportions 'for bringing this flap into a position to suspend thecalendar, as for instance when a hook or nail is passed through theperforation 19.

\Vhen the calendar is issued and is intended for either transportationor display by 'a retailer, it is preferably folded up in the coinpactcondition illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3, in which case the latching flapis bent on the lines illustrated. at 20 and 21 in Fig. 5 over all thefree edges of the other sheets and passed into the slot 14: of theportion 22 of the backing sheet 7 (see Fig. 3). l Vhen in this positionthe flap 16 protects all the slots 14.- and the narrow strips 15 at thefree edge outwardly of the slots, whereby these parts are not injured inhandling and transportation.

W hen the ultimate consumer or user of the 1 calendar receives it packedin the Figs. 1 and 3 position, it is merely necessary to remove thelatching flap from the slot 14 in which it is tucked, spread thecalendar out in the Fig. 2 position with the proper sheets 10 and 11 indisplay to view, and pass the flap 16 through the slots '14 of thesheets which it is desired to retain elevated and held against the upperportion of the back. This latching flap or tab then being in theposition illustrated'in Figs. 2 and 1 forms a convenient means forhanging the device upon a nail or hook carried. by the wall,

Although but one embodiment of the invention has been shown in thedrawings by way of illustration, yet it will be apparent that changesmay be made within the scope of the claims without departing from thespirit of my invention. 7

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent:

1. As an article of manufacture, a plurality of calendar sheetscentrally folded and hinged together, one of the outermost sheets at itsfree edge carrying a flexible latching flap, the free edges of the othersheets being formed with slots for receiving the latching flap, theslots being located in position for the passage therethroughcollectively of the latching flap, and the latching flap being ofsufficient length when thread ing the sheets to afford a suspensiondevice for hanging the calendar.

2. As an article of manufacture, a plurality of calendar sheetscentrally folded and hinged together, one of the outermost sheets at itsfree edge carrying a flexible latching flap, the free edges of the othersheets being formed with slots for receiving the latching flap, theslots being located in position for the passage therethroughcollectively of the latching flap, the latching flap being of sufficientlength when threading the sheets to afford a suspension device forhanging the calendar, and the slot in the outermost sheet being locatedin position to receive the flap when this is passed over all the sheetsfor latchingthe whole closed in a handling condition.

3. As an article of manufacture, a plurality of calendar sheetscentrally folded and hinged together, one of the outermost sheets at itsfree edge carrying a flexible latching flap, the free edges of the othersheets being formed with slots for receiving the latching flap, theslots being located in position for the passage therethroughcollectively of the latching flap, the latching flap being of sufficientlength when threading the sheets to afford a suspension device forhanging the calendar, and the slot in the outermost sheet being locatedin position to receive the flap when this is passed over all the sheetsfor latching the whole closed in a handling condition, each slot and thethin strip of material between the slot and the free edge of the sheetbeing formed to lie within the protection of the flap when sopositioned.

4. As an article of manufacture, a plurality of calendar sheetscentrally folded and hinged together, one of the outermost sheets at itsfree edge carrying a flexible latching flap, the sid s of the flap beingcut inwardly beyond such free edge, the free edges of the other sheetsbeing formed with slots for receiving the latching flap, the slots beinglocated in position for the passage therethrough collectively of thelatching flap, and

I through collectively of the latching flap, and

the latching flap being of sulficientlength when threading the sheets toafford a suspension device for hanging the calendar, the

slot in the outermost sheet being located in position to receive theflap when this is passed over all the sheets for latching the wholeclosed in a handling condition.

In witness whereof, I hereby afliX my signature this 13th day of March,1929.

JOSEPH E. BURGESS.

